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Thursday, July 3, 2014

BBC Video of American Task Force on Palestine's President Dr. Ziad Asali on the Violence in Palestine & Israel

Published on Jul 2, 2014

ATFP President Dr. Zaid Asali spoke today on BBC America TV about the upsurge in violence in Palestine and
Israel. A Palestinian boy in East Jerusalem was kidnapped and murdered
in an apparent act of vengeance two days after the bodies of three
kidnapped and murdered Israeli teenagers were discovered in the occupied
West Bank.

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ATFP provides an independent voice for Palestinian-Americans and
their supporters and advances human rights and peace. It categorically
and unequivocally condemns all violence against civilians, no matter the cause and who the victims or perpetrators may be.

ATFP builds effective and durable working relationships
with government departments and agencies, think tanks and NGOs, and
the media. It has developed lines of communication with the US and otherrelevant
governments in order to pursue its policy advocacy goals. AFTP’s Board
of Directors is made up of noted Palestinian Americans who agree with
these principles.

- Introduction
The founding mission of the American Task Force on Palestine (ATFP)
was, and remains, to impact decision-making in Washington on the
importance of a two-state solution to the American national interest.
Having just completed its first decade of work advocating for peace and
Palestine, and embarking on its second decade, ATFP is issuing the
following detailed set of explanations of exactly what it is, what it
does and why. They are also intended to highlight and explicate ATFP's
accomplishments during its first decade, which have far exceeded its
expectations at its founding 10 years ago.